Looks great!
How is Gunnera doing?
Also, are you going to be getting the hot dry weather we have forecast for down here? --Erik

Gunnera is holding it's own but the very hot weather has put it through it's paces.

It should recover well in the late summer/fall session.

Finally cooled off here after 97f this afternoon,it is in the low to mid 70s with comfortable dewpoints now.

Supposed to stay warm and summery before it possibly gets hot again by midweek.

Jim,
Your yard is really filling in very nicely, it's nice to see everything getting huge since you have such a nice variety of different plant material. That black Thai is looking really good and that itineran too, those were just we little things if I remember right. Your banana population sure has increased this year to, if you need the design plans on how to build a ghetto basement greenhouse just let me know 😉

Where is your princeps that you have in the ground? I was just wondering what it looked like.

Bill

Thanks Bill

You can kind of see the Princeps in the front cactus pic right at the bottom
of the stairs opposite the watering can and in between the column cactus.

The one closest to the walkway with nothing near it?

Meshes well. Very good synthesis between the different types.

Will the Castor Bean Plants survive your winter?

Meshes well. Very good synthesis between the different types.

Will the Castor Bean Plants survive your winter?

That's the one Bill,I will get a better picture of it as well as the others.

Looks like a real nice one Jim.

Is that in your climatron?

Also if you could post a up close picture of your Louisiana at the same time that would be nice, I'm assuming it's the one in the front left of the same picture. I like those palms a lot and kinda wish I had a bigger one. There's always next year. By the way I tried to get a Thai Giant yesterday at a logees but they where out. They had a huge one on display!

Bill

I will try to get some pics of the S.louisiana and Princeps today along with
an update on the Thai giant 😀

That Thai giant is amazing 😯 ! Those are quite the leaves. Must be loving your temps-everyday I look at your temp., it's blazing and humid usually too!

Nice work!

Duncan

Thanks Dunc!

Yea,it's been an amazing summer,this July came in +10f over last year.

Bill here are the pics you requested 😀

My poor princeps,ravaged by WSM is making a comeback.

4" pot for scale-

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Potted one,didn't get a pic of the other 2,they are a little smaller.
Good news,I noticed the one with spear-pull already put out a new leaf,
gotta love the hot weather!

I figured it might recover by the end of the summer-way cool.

Some pics fro around the yard.

Trunck of Thai black banana

Thai black and Siam ruby

Rowe red

Itinerans now 8' tall

Stuttgart Canna

S.louisiana collection,all these leaves are new this year.

Castors now 8-9'

Thai giants leaf is now 4'

Thanks for posting those for me Jim!!!

Those princeps are really nice the one in the ground especially, did you notice a big difference in growth since you popped it in the ground? I'm also glad to hear the spear pulled on is making a speedy recovery.

The Louisiana looks nice and happy too, I bet this winter you'll have much better luck with it. I think I like them because of the pictures of Dons in Oklahoma with the super sized leaves that's so cool! I'll seek one out someday.

Also those black Thai bananas are growing on me more and more every day. I really hope they turn out hard because they are so interesting looking. They seem to be pretty equal right now growing with the basjoos both being from starts. Who knows once they get bigger they might grow faster. The one good thing about the basjoos is they grow fast even if it's not super super hot as so bananas don't. My sikkimensis grows much much slower then basjoo and orinoco.

Anyways thanks for the pics everything is looking great!

Bill

Since you're taking requests, I am real curious about those Gunnera. From the little I know about them, this heat we're having must be a challenge. The ones I remember from my days in Portland, Oregon, are probably loving the cool summer out there.

My Sabal also look great, so I plan to get more, especially after seeing the success you are having with them. --Erik

I'd like to see more pictures from around the farm Erik what do you say 😉

Bill